The objects of the present invention is to provide a preventive method for
the progress of neuropsychiatric disorders, a therapeutic agent for
neuropsychiatric disorders, a screening method thereof, and a therapeutic
method through the analysis of the mechanisms leading to neuropsychiatric
disorders such as Nasu-Hakola diseases and the like. The non-human animal
model of oligodendrocytes developmental disorders was generated by making
the DAP12 gene function deficient on its chromosome. The DAP12 knockout
mouse develops myelination disorders including hypomyelinosis in the
brain, particularly in the frontal head and the thalamus, further leading
to neuropsychiatric disorders such as Nasu-Hakola disease and the like
with aging. The screening method for a therapeutic agent, the diagnostic
method, and the therapeutic method, wherein the DAP12 knockout mouse
developing these disorders are used, have been developed